NHTSA Complaint #10694709 — 2011 FORD FIESTA

WHILE LEAVING A PARKING LOT AFTER LOADING CAMERA EQUIPMENT AND GROCERIES INTO THE REAR BACKSEAT FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR I PULLED OUT ONTO THE MAIN ROAD AND AS I TURNED LEFT INTO THE U-TURN, MY REAR PASSENGER DOOR SWUNG OPEN RELEASING MY EQUIPMENT AND SOME OF THE GROCERIES OUT INTO THE ROAD. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS FOLLOWING CLOSE AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL ASIDE AND PICK UP MY BELONGINGS. THINKING I HAD NOT SHUT THE DOOR ALL THE WAY I SHUT THE DOOR TO ONLY HEAR AN EMPTY "THUNK" AND THE DOOR BOUNCED BACK. I ATTEMPTED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS TO NO SUCCESS AND MY FINAL SOLUTION WAS TO USE A RATCHET STRAP TO SECURE THE DOOR SHUT. IT WAS ONLY UPON RESEARCHING HOW TO FIX THIS THAT I REALIZED I COULD POST HERE. THANKFULLY MY EQUIPMENT AND GROCERIES WERE RELATIVELY UNDAMAGED GIVEN THE LOWER SPEED OF THE INCIDENT BUT IF ANYONE HAD BEEN IN THE BACKSEAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THE ODDEST PART OF THIS IS THAT I UTILIZE THIS CAR MOSTLY SOLO SO IF I EVER DO ACCESS THE BACKSEAT ITS TYPICALLY FROM THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR WHICH I HAVE HAD NO ISSUE WITH. *TR